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Sedentary lifestyle
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A way of life that requires little movement or exercise
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Metabolism
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The process by which your body gets energy from food
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Basal metabolism
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The minimum amount of energy required to maintain the life process in a body.
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Calories
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Measurement of heat
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Aerobic ecercise
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Activity in which oxygen is taken in
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Anaerobic exercise
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Intense bursts of activty in which the muscles work so hard that they produce energy WITHOUT using oxygen
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Isometric exercise
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Activty that uses muscle tension to improve muscular strength with little or no movement of the body part
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Isotonic exercise
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Activity that combines muscle contraction with repeated movement
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Isokinetic exercise
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Activity that involves resistance through an entire range of motion
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Cross-training
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Combining various exercise routines to help work different body systems
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Overload
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Working the body harder than it is normally worked
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Progression
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A gradual increase in overload necessary for achieving higher levels of fitness
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Specificity
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Particular exercises and activities improve particular areas of health-related fitness
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Warm-up
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Engaging in activity that prepares the muscles for the work that is to come
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Cool down
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Ingaging in activity to gradually decrease activity
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